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An appreciative approach to inquiry
Education & Development

An appreciative approach to inquiry

...trees [Described image] Figure 4 A group of young adults in a circle on a stage Now set a five-minute timer and use the image and your initial reflections as a stimulus for a piece of free writing. Remember to write continuously, not solely describing the image, but using it as a starting point to tell a story of your own. At this stage, we are freeing up our thinking so...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Science, Maths & Technology

Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

...trees. Two other practical reasons for starting with low power are, firstly, that the low power objective is further away from the slide than a high power objective, so there is less chance of damaging the slide by pushing the objective into the slide while focusing. And, secondly, that the depth of field is greater with low power objectives, so it is easier to find the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Discovering chemistry Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Discovering chemistry

...family and employers, and on social media. Badges are a great motivator, helping you to reach the end of the course. Gaining a badge often boosts confidence in the skills and abilities that underpin successful study. So, completing this course should encourage you to think about taking other courses. ['Discovering chemistry' digital badge] Getting a badge is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

From Brexit to the break-up of Britain?

...family’ of nationalisms, as Tom Nairn reminds us, ‘is spotted’ rather than simply one thing or the other (Nairn, 1975, p. 18). As a way into a discussion of what the patterns of the referendum vote may have to tell us about the UK as a multinational state, you should first complete Activity 2 in order to reflect on the outcome in Scotland, where it appears that...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Metals in medicine
Science, Maths & Technology

Metals in medicine

...families, or libraries, of platinum compounds prepared in a combinatorial way, meaning that we would take mixtures of ligands, including amines, but extending it way beyond amines, to examine thousands, or maybe even millions, of molecules, for their ability to damage DNA and to produce altered structures which would lead to the binding of these HMG domain proteins and/or...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)
Languages

Cànan nan Gàidheal (Gaelic language)

...family language mentors on the home front).’ Tha luchd-brosnachaidh cànan nam Maori den bheachd gu bheil an teaghlach agus a’ choimhearsnachd sònraichte cudromach ma tha a’ chànan dol a thighinn beò agus mar sin ’s e suidheachadh far a bheil i ga toirt le aon ghinealach dhan ath ghinealach a’ phrìomh amas aca. Tha àite cudromach air a bhith aig na kohanga...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...family of software systems. For this course, we will adopt the following definition, taken from Bass et al (2012). The software architecture of a system is the set of structures needed to reason about the system, which comprise software elements, relations among them, and properties of both. It is important to understand the software architecture because it tells the...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Technology, innovation and management
Money & Business

Technology, innovation and management

...families travelling with children, more comfortable for people who are struggling to take their shoes off or put them back on? So I think it’s a day to day issue of getting people to think, how do we make this work better for passengers, as well, of course, as satisfying every single technical requirement that an operation like this has to. INTERVIEWER: Take the little...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs